as a Last Name
- 609
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Zani
Meaning & Origins
Italian: from the personal name Z(u)an(n)i, a northeastern (Venetian) form of Gianni (from Giovanni, Italian equivalent of John). Zani or Zanni is a comic figure in the Commedia del’Arte, and the surname may be a nickname derived from this use, which is also the origin of the English word zany.
| 39,600th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 609
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Massachusetts
- has the most people named Zani per capita
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